Photographer's Note

This little boy was about to be "liberated from his karma". It was in a family home, in a remote village (Catur) in the center of Bali. Does anybody know more about this hindu ritual? Bigger version.
Happy new year to all :)

Hello Mr. Zolt (or Hullot?)
Great to see you again on TE, your last post was 6 months ago!
This photo with its profi quality and interesting subject (a boy liberated from his karma??!!) is a great add to the TE spirit.
The link to the "bigger version" is also very "clever" :)
I like what fotopedia turned into. I sometimes surf in it and i realy appreciate the great effort and the resulting quality, very successfull. My compliments.
Best wishes to you and your beloved ones in the new year,
Deniz

HI Jean Marie!
Good shot of this strange ceremony.
My first plan for march was Indonesia,but too much rain....
Seeing this I think about buying little birds to let them free for a good Karma or fish at Chao Phraya river in Bangkok .
Scenes like these,learning about culture make me travel.
Leo

What a surprise, you were absent so long! Maybe is a hope that others who have left TE also will be back?
I haven't heard about such a custom. It reminds me the birds you liberate (when you pay for them!) from a cage in China or little fish in India. Very interesting scene and a good photo - colours, composition etc.

hey are you back???... that's great jean marie :D... and you are back with something very original... never heard of this ceremony before, gotta read about it now... a good shot this is to give an idea...

and you marked your rentry with an outstanding reportage photo up to your usual standards. Quite an interesting image which really make us discover this far away world. Well composed and captured - of course!